THE LADY OF LIGHT.

(Written for Lucifer.)

Star of the Day and the Night!

Star of the Dark that is dying;

Star of the Dawn that is nighing,

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Still with the purest in white,

Still art thou Queen of the Seven;

Thou hast not fallen from Heaven

Lucifer, Lady of Light!

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How large in thy lustre, how bright

The beauty of promise thou wearest!

The message of Morning thou bearest,

Lucifer, Lady of Light!

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Aid us in putting to flight

The Shadows that darken about us,

Illumine within, as without, us,

Lucifer, Lady of Light!

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Shine through the thick of our fight;

Open the eyes of the sleeping;

Dry up the tears of the weeping,

Lucifer, Lady of Light!

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Purge with thy pureness our sight,

Thou light of the lost ones who love us,

Thou lamp of the Leader above us,

Lucifer, Lady of Light!

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Shine with transfiguring might,

Till earth shall reflect back as human

Thy Likeness, Celestial Woman,

Lucifer, Lady of Light!

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With the flame of thy radiance smite

The clouds that are veiling the vision

Of Woman’s millennial mission,

Lucifer, Lady of Light!

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Shine in the Depth and the Height,

And show us the treasuries olden

Of wisdom, the hidden, the golden,

Lucifer, Lady of Light!

Gerald Massey.